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ACC 101 Lecture 4: Chapter 3 - Measuring Business Income_ Adjusting the Accounts

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28 Jan 2019

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DePaul University

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Joanna Dabrowska

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Chapter 3 - measuring business income: adjusting the accounts: 136 163. Lo 1define net income, and explain the concepts underlying income measurement. Lo 2distinguish cash basis of accounting from accrual accounting, and explain how accrual accounting is accomplished. Lo 3identify four situations that require adjusting entries, and illustrate typical adjusting entries. Lo 4prepare financial statements from an adjusted trial balance. Lo 5explain the importance of ethical measurement of net income and the relation of net income to cash flows. Net income - increase in stockholders" equity that results from a company"s operations. Revenues are increases in stockholders" equity resulting from selling goods, rendering services, or performing other business activities. Expenses are decreases in stockholders" equity resulting from the cost of selling goods or rendering services and the cost of the activities necessary to carry on a business, such as attracting and serving customers. Continuity - the difficulty associated with not knowing how long a business will survive.

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Related Questions

(Learning Objective 1: Explain how accrual accounting differs from cash-basis accounting)âHough Consulting had the following selected transactions in July:

July 1 Prepaid insurance for July through September, $4,200.

2 Purchased office furniture for cash, $5,000.

3 Performed consulting services for a client on account, $3,500.

5 Paid advertising expense, $500.

10 Performed consulting services and received cash, $1,500.

20 Purchased a computer on account, $2,500.

25 Collected for July 3 service.

26 Paid account payable from July 20.

29 Paid salary expense, $1,800.

31 Adjusted for July insurance expense (see July 1).

31 Earned revenue of $1,000 that was collected in advance back in June.

31 Recorded July depreciation on fixed assets, $125.

LO USING EXCEL:

1. Show how each transaction would be handled (in terms of recognizing revenues and expenses) using the cash basis and the accrual basis.

2. Compute July income (loss) before tax under each accounting method

3. Indicate which measure of net income or net loss is preferable. Use the transactions on July 3 and July 25 to explain.

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(Learning Objective 1: Explain how accrual accounting differs from cash-basis accounting)âHough Consulting had the following selected transactions in July:

July 1 Prepaid insurance for July through September, $4,200.

2 Purchased office furniture for cash, $5,000.

3 Performed consulting services for a client on account, $3,500.

5 Paid advertising expense, $500.

10 Performed consulting services and received cash, $1,500.

20 Purchased a computer on account, $2,500.

25 Collected for July 3 service.

26 Paid account payable from July 20.

29 Paid salary expense, $1,800.

31 Adjusted for July insurance expense (see July 1).

31 Earned revenue of $1,000 that was collected in advance back in June.

31 Recorded July depreciation on fixed assets, $125.

LO USING EXCEL:

1. Show how each transaction would be handled (in terms of recognizing revenues and expenses) using the cash basis and the accrual basis.

2. Compute July income (loss) before tax under each accounting method

3. Indicate which measure of net income or net loss is preferable. Use the transactions on July 3 and July 25 to explain.

	Req. 1 & 2
	Hough Consulting
	Amount of Revenue (Expense) for July
	Date			Cash Basis		Accrual Basis
	July 1












		Income (loss) before tax		$ -		$ 0

	Req. 3

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1. Creditors' claims on the assets of a company are called: (Points : 2)

2. The primary objective of financial accounting is: (Points : 2)

To serve the decision-making needs of internal users

To provide financial statements to help external users analyze and interpret an organization's activities

To monitor and control company activitiesTo provide information on both the costs and benefits of managing products and services

To know what, when and how muchto produce

3. Assets created by selling goods and services on credit are: (Points : 2)

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

4. The debt ratio is used: (Points : 2)

To measure the amount of equity relative to the expenses

To reflect the risk associated with a company's debts

Only by banks when a business applies for a loan

To determine how much debt a firm should pay off

5. Net Income: (Points : 2)

Decreases equity

Represents the amount of assets owners put into a business

Equals assets minus liabilities

Is the excess of revenues over expenses

Represents the owners' claims against assets

6. Internal users of accounting information include: (Points : 2)

Government regulators

Line Supervisor

7. Risk is: (Points : 2)

Net income divided by average total assets

The reward for investment

The uncertainty about the expected return that will be earned from an investment

Unrelated to expected return

8. An example of an operating activity is: (Points : 2)

Purchasing office equipment

Borrowing money from a bank

Paying off a loan

9. Which accounting assumption assumes that all accounting information is reported monthly or yearly? (Points : 2)

Business entity assumption

Monetary unit assumption

Value assumption

Cost assumption

Time period assumption

10. Distributions of assets by a business to its stockholders are called: (Points : 2)

Retained earnings